Sea-Tac Airport, Alaska Airlines honored for on-time records

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has won an On-Time Performance Award from flight tracking company FlightStats in the category of major international airports worldwide and Alaska Airlines won FlightStats’ award for arrival performance among major North American airlines.

It's the second year in a row that Sea-Tac and Alaska Airlines have won the awards. According to FlightStats, Sea-Tac achieved a 2011 on-time performance record of 86.28 percent, while the average on-time performance was 71.02 percent in that category. Alaska Airlines, which is owned by Seattle-based Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK), achieved a 2011 on-time percentage of 87.79 percent, better than the average on-time performance of 76.40 percent for the category.